Plot hole in Agatha Christie's Death On The Nile?

you're an idiot

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How about the hole in your little grey cells?

she was REALLY tired, OP! sheesh...

Just think, he could have caught her mid-shite on the toilet!

SPOILER!!!!!

Maybe she was drugged? How did they keep the corpses from stinking in that Egyptian heat?

She was finger banging herself

When the killer shoots Salome Otterbourne why not also shoot Poirot as well?!

It's mentioned that Poirot's wine at dinner was drugged to make him sleep heavily; perhaps the same was done to the victim's drink?

Very good point R10!

Just think, if that huge block of stone dislodged by the lawyer had actually crushed poor Lynette, the entire plot on the boat need never have happened!

Ghjkk

Any other holes uncovered?

I watched this again over Christmas. Brilliant fun. Does anyone remember if the cobra in the bathroom was in the book?

But OP, don't you remember what the servant came in and adjusted the clocks?

Nobody reads Agatha Christie for forensic realism. They want to escape into a world of magical aristocrats who react to finding a decapitated head in a drawer by calmly discussing it with the local amateur detective.

R15, no the cobra thing was completely made up for the film. There is no attempt on Poirot's life in the book, the most that happens is that he is drugged the night of the crime, like in the film.

R10, that is a very good point that I hadn't considered before!

Spoiler

Why doesn't the killer dump the tell tale bottle into the river?

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IN A Murder Is Announced why didn't the killer just murder Rudi somewhere random instead of bringing him into Chipping Cleghorn to destroy Miss Blacklock's front room?

BLOCKED! I HAVEN'T READ OR SEEN IT YET!!!!!!!

R20, A Murder is Announced is such a delightful book that I couldn't care less about that issue.

oy, that closet queen Branagh....

Just reading over my comment above, I must've written it quickly because it sounds like a rude response, but just clarifying I never meant it that way. I totally understand and agree with R20s point, I just wanted to say that in my opinion in that book I have no problem with the contrivance because it is such a delightful book.

Is the new movie still coming up?

Mia Farrow plays crazy so well in the movie.

Love the rando who is absolutely INCENSED that we are cavalierly discussing the plot of a 90+ year old novel and 40+ year old movie.

I thought the actor who played Simon in the 2004 TV movie was sexier than the 1978 Simon

The OP does not know the concept of a plot hole, but i grant only someone crazy would attempt a murder as risky as the one on Death on the Nile. There are others, such as the mentioned A Murder is Announced or, even worse as it depends on variables outside the control of the murderer, Evil Under the Sun. At least in the other two the murderer is seen or found out by a third party, somehow acknowledging the risk factor. This said by a great fan of Christie (in many of her books this did not happen and the murder was much simpler).

R28, i liked both, but thought the first Simon was hotter. It is a ungrateful part.

Why would you commit a crime in Egypt where you run the risk of a third-world justice system and third-world jails? But I guess the murderers were going for broke given the way things turned out.

The killing of Louise the maid was just plain silly. Plus keeping the bottle with the red liquid

He should have crushed her